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February 21st, 2011

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This page is action.  Next page is exposition, explaining what the hell just happened.  🙂

I’m not sure about how to draw fast motion.  I don’t like ‘Flash’-style speed lines, probably because I don’t understand them very well.  In the end I decided to use panel tricks and multiple images to convey motion.  But I may have to study up on these kind of art tricks, because Jacob isn’t the only person I’m going to have to use them for.

↓ Transcript
Ahujut: Okay, boys...kill this old ma--
Girii: Just tell me when it's over.
Roger: It already is! And I wasn't filming at high speed!

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Discussion (9)¬

  1. Moxie Man says:
    February 21, 2011 at 5:52 am

    I like the effect. No, really.

  2. Konrad says:
    February 21, 2011 at 7:40 am

    You did it exactly right; the multiple images and spaced out dialog made it perfectly clear what was happening.

  3. SCAScot says:
    February 21, 2011 at 8:42 am

    I agree – I think the effect works well.

    And that’s either an energy weapon or a hand-held linear accelerator. Either way, I’m interested to find out.

  4. Remus Shepherd says:
    February 21, 2011 at 9:06 am

    Thanks, guys, I appreciate the feedback!

  5. Edie Howe says:
    February 21, 2011 at 9:14 am

    While the panels do convey speed, the fracturing of the text with the final word incomplete definitely nails it. Well done.

  6. Mr. Caterpillar says:
    February 21, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    Now we get to see him take out the toys, and come out to play. And we find that he’s scarier than Albert Wesker.

  7. Dave says:
    February 21, 2011 at 7:49 pm

    I concur with the above posters, the Matrix-style afterimages plus the staccato dialog conveys that he is moving extremely, maybe even impossibly, fast very effectively. Speed lines would look too much like a manga, which I don’t think is the look you are aiming for.

  8. Alyred says:
    February 23, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    Yeah, agreed with the above.. good work. It took me a second, but worked well. I think the effect might have been improved with a few more afterimages, perhaps the “oldest” in the sequence faded out a bit more and getting more “solid” as they approach the second of portrayal in the frame.

  9. Remus Shepherd says:
    February 24, 2011 at 4:25 pm

    I tried that, Alyred, and I didn’t like the look of it. Part of that was because my Wacom Cintiq is much darker than my main monitor, so images tend to fade to black much easier. I might try the fade effect again in the future when the fights have better lighting.